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The 3 Things James Wan Did That Contributed To The Success Of Aquaman!

Published by Adeline L. | 24, Dec 2018

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A lot of hopes lie in the Aquaman film to do well after Justice League bombed at the box-office.

Coupled with the fact that it was director James Wan’s first foray into a visual-effects-heavy and a movie with a huge following, it’s super important to make sure everything is done right!

So, how did James Wan and his team do it? First...

1. Do your research

Source: Business Insider

One of the first things James Wan and his team did was to do their research.

Since the whole film is mostly underwater, they observed how things look under the sea. This is so they could create a believable fictional world that everyone would like to experience too!

“The underwater world encompasses around two-thirds of this particular film," he said.

"So we had to get it right technically so that it would be at least somewhat believable and so that it would look cool and so that you would actually be able to buy something that makes up such a huge chunk of the movie. If we didn’t get that right, it was going to be a problem in a big, big way,” Wan told Vulture.

Even then, they spent hours and months perfecting all the actors’ movements via CGI to make sure the movements look real and yet keep the actors looking superhero cool.

This included hair movements underwater and how Atlanteans would move in water. Yeah, it’s all painstaking work!

2. Understand the character’s journey

Source: Vulture

In the film, Aquaman aka Arthur Curry is torn between being a surface-dweller and also an Atlantean.

James Wan thanked his dual upbringing, being half Australian and half Chinese-Malaysian for being able to really understand Arthur Curry’s predicament.

His identity also helped him shape the plot of the film that ended with Arthur Curry accepting his dual identity.

It also helped a lot that the actor who plays the character, Jason Momoa, is also biracial!

Looks like James Wan and all of us are lucky that we have CGI now because if not, Aquaman would really look strange as a movie!

3. Be willing to learn and unlearn

Wan also shared that they had to be careful not to turn Aquaman into Superman.

“I learned very early on that actors could look like they were flying rather than floating in water, so that was something we had to be mindful of as well,” he said.

He also did mistakes. At first, he filmed with a slow-motion quality but quickly realized that it just wouldn’t be a great look for a movie.

“I shot a lot of the movie like that before I ultimately realized that that was just not correct for the look of the film," he explained.

"Atlanteans would not be moving in slow motion, despite being underwater. Through the course of research and development and principal photography, we realized it was just not the right look. The whole movie would have been just way too slow,” he added.

Luckily, he realized it in time if not the film would have done poorly as well!

James Wan just showed that with hard work, creativity and courage to learn, doors to bigger and better opportunities will open!

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